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Q&A What would the pros and cons of storing the compiled CSS output of SASS in version control?

This is as old as the ages, and the problem existed in the Yacc world long before CSS was invented.  Keep both the SASS and the resulting CSS files in version control. Good: More predictable, eas...

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar .                                                .‭ · 2020-10-22T16:12:51Z (over 3 years ago)
This is as old as the ages, and the problem existed in the Yacc world long before CSS was invented.

> Keep both the SASS and the resulting CSS files in version control.

Good: More predictable, easier to handle deployment. Less toolchain is necessary for building. Fewer dependencies for certain users.

> Only storing the SASS files in version control.

Good: Saves space.

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Useless trivia, but amazing: [currently Bison kind of advices shipping generated *.c docs along with source *.y docs][0].

[0]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2020-10/msg00014.html